A new survey asks: “If you were moving to a new home, would you be willing to spend more to live in a community where you could easily walk to parks, shops, and restaurants?” Here’s how people responded.
  • Lemdee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    2 years ago

    “Don’t have money for a car? Well too bad you also don’t have money for housing in an area where you won’t need a car! Get fucked poors!”

  • pterencephalon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    When we were looking to buy a house, I basically crossed off the list anywhere that I couldn’t walk to at least some essentials, like basic groceries, pharmacy, a couple restaurants. Our new neighborhood isn’t nearly as walkable as where we used to rent, but everyone else heae seemed to have the same thoughts, and it’s too expensive to buy a house there.

  • Gerula@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    It’s easy: Ohhhh, the buyer wants something -> price increase. But it’s actually cheaper -> price increase because we can’t increase prices.

    We win, you loose. Get over it and hand me your money!

  • stevestevesteve@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    And at the same time they’ll pay extra for large lots and seclusion… Things that make walkability difficult or impossible.

    The survey does make a distinction between a house with a small yard that’s walkable vs a house with a large yard that isn’t, but that doesn’t paint a full picture of the trade-offs here.